Vehicle drive for radial engines



Oct. 6, 1931.. A. F. MASURY' 1,326,359 I I vmucm-z muvs FOR RADIAIL mamas v Filed Sept. 26. 1929 mini l Eli flH'red E'Mamuy, Q BY ATTORNEY/S Patented a; 6, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs Airmen r. MASURY, or new YORK, N. '12., Assrcmon. T0 INTERNATIONAL moron. oom- PANY OF NEW YORK N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE vEEicLn DBIvE FOR RADIALENGINES 7 Application filed September 26, 1929. Serial No. 395,283.

This invention relates to motor vehicles which have their engines mounted at the rear d of thereof.

An object of the invention is the provision of means wherebyan engine may be mounted along with a transmission including reduction gearing atthe rear of a yehicle. More specifically, this invention involves a construction in which a radial air cooled engine is mounted on the rear of a vehicle body and drives the rear wheels of the vehicle through reduction Another object of the present invention is to reduce the clearanceusually necessary between the ordinary difi'erential and the vegearing connected to a differential.

hicleiframe by mounting the reduction gearing on the vehicle body and using individuaL ly sprung wheels.

Other objects of the invention will appear .from the detailed description of the drawings which'form a part of the present disclosure, and in which:

section, of the rear of-a vehicle in accordance with the present invention.

. Figure 2 is a plan view, partly in section, taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

' There is shown at a a vehicle body having a floor a, a rear wall a and side walls a radial motor bywhich is air cooled, and for general usage may have nine cylinders and The propeller shaft (1 may drive the wheels the vehlcle f through suitable dilferentials g, g and 9 connected to the wheels through the angular members It, as described in my copending application for United States Letters Patent, Serial N 0. 388,116 filed August 24,1929.

It will be appreciated that, while the invention has been described with reference to the particular embodiment illustrated, many changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. Thus, no limitation is intended on the scope of this irlivention, save as defined in the appended 0 mm. i

What I claim is In a vehicle, a relatively high speed radial duction gearing secured to the floor of the Figure 1 is a view in elevation, partly in" Mounted on the rear wall of the vehicle is a i a develop around .200 H. P. at 2600B. P. M.

ThlS motor is carried on the vehicle frame through any usual form of radial motor moimt b detachably secured to the rear-wall through bolts 6. Secured to the crank shaft of the engine is a fan a designed to supply r air tothe cylinders to cool them.

Between the engine and the driving wheels of the vehicle there is connected speed re- ,ducing mechanism whereby the propeller shaft d is driven at a speed of, say, one-third of that of the engine. This mechanism consists of a silent chain 0 driven-from the crank shaft 6 through a genre. This chain drives a'gearte? in the reduction gear box 6', from which the propeller shaft d is driven. The reduction .of the vehicle in any suitable manner.

ar box e? is secured to the floor vehicle and operatively connected to the motor and to vehicle.

This specification signed this 23 day of September, A. D. 1929.

ALFRED F. MASURY.

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